Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-06-04
KANSAS STOCK AND Farm.

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| Poison, trap, or shoot every ground
squirrel you can
When brood SOW proves good and
careful mother, keep her, and do not dis
card her for lighter and younger one
because the old ia large and heavy.
St John Advance: The rain Of last
Friday was the biggest rain We ever saw
III Kansas, and perhaps anywhere else.
It made the farmers and everyone else
smile.
A farmer from North Caney states
that the wire worm is killing the young
corn in many fields in his neighborhood.
We hope the pest will not do serious
damage.
Lincoln Republican: Corn planting il
not all done yet in this part Of the ooun-
try. Wheat is heading out bat is very
short, and looks as though the crop
would be small.
Kanepolis Journal: There will be NO
big crop OF wheat, but yet around Els
worth there ID quite Q good showing.
Corn promises extra we'll, oats good and
small crops couldn't be beat.
Scott Sentinel: All our farmers are
exceedingly happy over the numerous
showers we are having and the prospects
for large crops.
Buffalo Park Pioneer: Every kind Of
vegetation is thriving splendidly. BY
all accounts western Kansas has never
yet at any time of the year shown such
dne prospects for q fine season and big
crops.
Garnett Republican: A ride through
the western portion of the county shows
corn in excellent condition, many fields
having been twice cultivated. Oats and
wheat do not promise much, but the
weather may be more favorable. here
after.
Straw stacks or hay stacks left over
should either be sold or covered before
many rains fall on them. It costs COM
paratively little to cover hay Kicks with
boards. The boards are nearly a. good
as new in the fall.
Humboldt Union: Fruit trees are 90
heavily loaded with bloom that great
deal of the young fruit fell of during
the dry weather, but enough yet remains
on the trees to insure an immense yield
if no flu, ther damageis done.
Ottawa Journal: w. ]. Windett, Of
Usage county, made us call on Friday.
Mr.. Wipdett is one of the large wheat
raisers on the Salt Greek bottom, near
Quenemo, and he reports the crop this
year in very poor condition at the
present time.
Marion Record: A new pest in the
form of black bug, half a. large as q
cricket, has been discovered doing dam.
age in q corn field east of town. The
new enemy to Kansas agriculture bur-
rows into the heart of the young stalk
near the root and saps the life out of it.
If you have patches in the corn field
where the corn fails from lack of good
seed, from ravages of squirrels, or other
cause, you have still less than no excuse
for not raising some good field pumpkins.
They are relished by COWS during fall
and early winter. and are material aid
in furnishing green food after pastures
are dead.
Ditching should be pushed, 30 as to
get the benefit this year.
Colby Democrat: A ride through the
country discloses the fact that large
amount of breaking has been done this
spring and the old ground presents the
appearance of the finest ground in the
world. Corn is in many instances ap
several inches, and is in good healthy
condition; rye, oats and wheat are as
fine as can be found anywhere, and
everything points to bounteous crop
and that this county will have q surplus
of the above named necesssries.
It is fact chat strong nest OF bum
BILE bees in q big clover field is worth
$40 to the owner; for these insects are
the chief agents in fertillzing the bios
SONS, thereby insuring heavy crop Of
seed. In Australia there are no humble
bees Of our kind, and they could not
raise clover seed there until they i'm
ported some.
With heifer just coming 70 milk the
period of flow should be made as long
az possible or desirable by feeding espec-
tally to that end, and when once eseab-
lished will be very likely to be continued.
When this is not done it often recedes in
short mixer, and is reason why there
are 90 many Of that class.
Holstein cattle seem to be giving
splendid satisfaction in all parts OF the
world, says an exchange. II q man de-
sires to buy cattle for milk, butter,
cheese and beet, Holsteins ill the bill, no
matter where he lives, 90 he have feed
for them.